Azerbaijan exported 175 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to Russia, Georgia, Iran and Turkey in 2018 marking a 14.2-percent growth compared to the amount for 2017.

The total power generation capacity of Azerbaijan exceeds 6,000 MW, which allows generating about 24 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, reported azernews.az.

Azerenergy JSC is the main exporter of electric energy in Azerbaijan.

In November, Azerenergy produced 1.965 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Recently, Azerbaijan and Georgia signed a memorandum on the prospects of Azerbaijani-Georgian power systems after discussion of the state of the power systems of Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as the construction of a 330-kW two-way (duplex) transmission line.

According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, in January-October 2018, hydropower generation amounted to 1,528.4 kilowatt hours, solar energy to 35.1 kilowatt hours and wind power to 42.5 kilowatt hours.